The Republican Study Committee (RSC), of which most House Republicans are members, unveiled its budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 this week. The budget doubles down on the decade-and-a-half long campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in addition to ending Medicare drug price negotiations, implementing block grants for...Arizona News
As the highly anticipated presidential election fast approaches, the campaigns are working overtime to tout their contrasting positions on a variety of important healthcare issues.
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the country, no topic is more pressing than the pandemic. According to an NPR analysis relying on...Arizona News
As the Affordable Care Act looks to go before a decidedly different Supreme Court, people across the country are grappling with the ripple effects of the law's potential demise.
While the elimination of the ACA would likely impact the vast majority of Americans in some way, it would hurt some more than others.
According to an...National News
Last week, President Donald Trump issued yet more executive orders regarding healthcare. This comes in addition to a number of other pharmaceutical-focused orders signed by the president in recent months and comes before the election as well as the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care...Arizona News
The coronavirus continues to hit the Navajo Nation, contributing to a death toll that totals more than that of 13 U.S. states combined. Only 12 healthcare facilities dot the 27,000 square mile territory stretching across parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, with a large portion of the population suffering from chronic health issues...National News
Controversy reigns supreme as the GOP argues that the case, Texas vs. US (formerly Texas vs. Azar) is not ready for SCOTUS' review, as the fifth district has sent the case back to Texas for reconsideration of the severability of the law. The Democrats and ACA advocates argue that uncertainty about the law should be resolved before the...National News
As the 2020 election nears, the battle between political parties over healthcare continues to heighten and President Trump took to Florida-based retirement community, The Villages, in early October to clarify his health policy agenda as he aims for re-election.
At the crux of his proposal are four key considerations, including...Arizona News
The lawsuit calling into question the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) constitutionality brought on by 20 red state attorneys general has made its way back into the limelight after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals asked parties involved in Texas v. United States to address three questions sent out by the office of the clerk last...National News
Healthcare-sharing ministries serve as an alternative to traditional health plans where members with common religious beliefs share the cost of care. Currently, more than one million Americans are part of a care ministry.
According to the Wall Street Journal, ministries round up hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and as...Arizona News
The Trump administration finalized a new rule last week, further chipping away at the Obama administration’s healthcare legacy by allowing employers to set aside tax-preferred funds and pay money into employee health reimbursement accounts (HRAs).
Employees can later retrieve that money to purchase healthcare coverage on the...Arizona News
Democrats took the House during midterm elections, leaving a divided Congress to take on legislation. Healthcare policies and ideas were big ticket items on the campaign trail and Democrats are eager to implement their plans.
According to a CNN's exit polling, 41 percent of respondents said healthcare was the most important issue...Arizona News
As the midterm elections are right around the corner, healthcare is on the minds of many; politicians and voters alike. The news cycle this week is marred with a slew of "he said, she said" pieces, Republicans pointing condemning fingers at the policies of Democrats and vice versa. The question is not "why healthcare", however, but "what...National News
Ten Senate Republicans introduced a bill on Thursday that aims to protect the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) provisions for patients with pre-existing condition.
Under this legislation, insurers serving the individual market would not be allowed to cherry pick healthy populations. They would be banned from denying coverage to people...National News
The 20-states, including Arizona, are urging a federal district court in Texas to hold the Affordable Care Act’s (ACAs) individual mandate unconstitutional and to enjoin the entire law.
The brief, filed June 7 by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), argues the individual mandate is unconstitutional and can't be extricated from...National News
Exempted from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate penalty, they've grown from 150,000 to 1.1 million enrollees.
These ministries have limited government oversight and have far more freedom to reject applicants with pre-existing conditions or claims that don't meet moral standards. Experts warn that the growth of these...National News
The Senate version touched on many issues besides taxes.
The Senate tax bill must still be reconciled with House legislation that does not include the mandate’s repeal. But that is unlikely to be a major issue, given support in the GOP conference for repealing the mandate.
No Democrats in either chamber voted for the GOP tax...Arizona News
After Republican efforts to Repeal and Replace stalled, there may be opportunity for fresh looks.
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and ranking member Patty Murray (D-WA) are seeking bipartisan solutions to the instability of the individual insurance market....National News
After failure of "Repeal & Replace" measures, Harvard researchers examine the state of public opinion.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a report analyzing 27 national opinion polls by 12 survey organizations. It provides a look at four critical issues relevant to the previous House and recent Senate health care...National News
The stated intent is to inject consumer choice and competition.
Hoping to win over conservatives, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee's "Consumer Freedom Option", would allow insurance companies to sell any health coverage plan they wish, so long as they also provide one plan that satisfies the mandates of the Affordable...National News
Enrolling a hemophiliac with complications highlights why insurers fear the individual health insurance market.
Hemophilia can lead to uncontrolled bleeding, including internal hemorrhages that can cause severe joint pain, bruising and even death. It is commonly treated with concentrated solutions of “factors,” which are proteins...